The company says its products are needed as Apple still isn't addressing all its users' needs. On their web site they say: "Hardware is often outdated, upgrade possibilities are limited, too few connection ports, still no eSata, etc. And let's not even get started about gaming and the lack of modern graphic cards."

PearPC is selling various configurations of its PearC, offering a choice of Windows or OS X running on a quad-core Intel i7 processor, the successor to the Core 2 Duo that Apple uses in all its Macs, except for the Mac Pro. The company says it's not afraid of Apple and that it's violating no laws.

"First, we try to settle with Apple out of court," said Dirk Bloessl, a spokesman for the companyt told Computerworld. "But if necessary, we are not afraid of going to court with Apple."

Like the US company Psystar, which has been locked in a legal battle with Apple since last July, PearC adds a copy of Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard" to its Mac clones before they're shipped to buyers. And like Psystar, which has recently won some small legal victories, HyperMegaNet claims it's not afraid of a legal brouhaha.

PearC has argued on its web site that it believes it is immune from Apple's legal attacks, a stance Bloessl reiterated. "The German law says explicit[ly], that restrictions made after buying a product are not valid," he told Computerworld. "So, because Apple's EULA can [only] be first read after buying and starting the setup, they are invalid in Germany."

"The German law says explicit[ly], that restrictions made after buying a product are not valid," he told Computerworld. "So, because Apple's EULA can [only] be first read after buying and starting the setup, they are invalid in Germany."

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